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"This paper explores the linkage between income growth rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. So far the …, including instrumental variable regressions. "--World Bank web site …
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analyzes global ESIA literature to inform the World Bank's response to Borrower country requests for assistance in … strengthening national systems for ESIA, provide input to broader World Bank country strategies and identify priority areas for … future World Bank engagement. The Review concludes with recommendations for how the World Bank Group can support Borrower …
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The book describes why expanding trade, and investment is vital for the Middle East and North Africa region. The greatest economic challenge is to create enough jobs for its rapidly growing labor force, which is increasingly young, and educated, to ward off threats to social, and political...
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The objectives of this Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) are to: (i) provide an up-to-date, fact-based analysis of the business environment for policy-makers in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), the private sector, civil society, and development partners; and (ii) outline priorities for...
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early 1970s and assessed their impact on foreign direct investments (FDI), exports and employment. Chapter two looks at … fiscal deficit. While the current account remained in deficit over the last 10 years, foreign exchange reserves increased …
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sectors, which traditionally have larger firms and more foreign investment, most firms in the sample were domestic small and …
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The objective of this report is to explore firm competitiveness, the investment climate, and growth in Malaysia. This report is structured as follows. The first two chapters provide an assessment of the investment climate. The last two chapters examine how productivity enhancing programs, skills...
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